And at least when Katakuri had his moment it happened when he thought Luffy had been beaten, and Oda tried to justify it by being something he does every day at the same time.
Which, as an aside, would have been better if Oda had brought up before the chapter in question that Katakuri had a ritual time for meditation that he never missed, but that’s neither here nor there.
For this to be King, the guy who’s so far seemed the most on top of things:
-attacking BM‘s crew without bothering waiting for anyone to tell him
-gathering the TR for Kaido and the search for Yamato, again without Kaido telling him to
-Patrolling the skies to make sure no one could get to Kaido that way
-being the one to arrange and lead the Beast Pirates while Kaido is up fighting on the roof
To suddenly, when things are absolutely not under control for the Beast Pirates, to be playing around with a bunch of hookers- it’s not just too repetitive after the Katakuri gag, it would make King look like an absolute moron.
Which is why it’s a good thing it’s not him.